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cronchbonch's review against another edition
The antisemitism is hard to get through.
Evike is drawn sexually to her captor and i'm not sure why. The romance really kills it for me.
Moderate: Antisemitism
There is a group of people that are not called jews but every stereotype of them is put on to these people. Author did a copy paste of existing stuff into the world. If i wanted that i would just talk to people.bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Self harm, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War
Moderate: Child death
excritos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture and Vomit
Minor: Sexual content
katievallin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Minor: Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
fuitfortuna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
I really liked the world building, it was interesting and I could tell that the author was really knowledgeable about the folklore that inspired the world and the magic system was intriguing.
My problems lie everywhere else. While Reid certainly is talented I often found some of the writing repetitive, the author would find a phrase she liked and rinse it multiple times within 5 pages and at times i found it very difficult to power through - i actually put the book down for almost two months when i reached the halfway point because i had no motivation to continue.
And that’s not even to mention how this almost felt like a YA masquerading as an adult? Evike is supposed to be 25 but spends most of the book acting like she’s 16. I have no real basis for this but there were multiple times where the vibes were just incredibly YA.
The pacing was also a large issue for me the first half of the book almost moved too slow and the second half moved way too fast.
I also have some conflicted thoughts on the romance. I’d heard it was more of an enemies-to-lovers type of deal and to not expect it to be the main focus of the story. And while they were certainly enemies at the very start by virtue of their backgrounds, the romance actually felt very insta-love to me,
Overall I was quite disappointed as I expected to like this a lot more than I actually did, perhaps I just built it up too much in my head. However I did still enjoy most of the book and would read some of the authors other works.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War
mold_munchr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Self harm, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Sexual content
manchester_macy's review against another edition
Moderate: Self harm and Antisemitism
Minor: Emotional abuse and Racism
simone_elizabeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Sexual content
chloenrogers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Self harm and Antisemitism
franceselsie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I found Evike (the protagonist) quite frustrating as she seems to be riddled with angst; I found myself often forgetting that she’s supposed to be 25 rather than 15.
The second half of the novel was much easier for me to read than the first half because I think it took me a while to get used to the rhythm of the writing and how dark the content was, so feel like it flowed better as it went on. The list of translated words at the back of the book was also really helpful.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, and Antisemitism